Wooden Post

Wednesday, 21 February 2018

is the new form of reporting,
where the public are told
what is going to be said
and by which government minister
as if the speech didn't matter
-the trailer was the real event.

This news reporting technique
particularly suits weak populists
who have no idea how to lead
and have nothing to say
but who's sense of privilege
leaves them no choice but to detract
from more genuine political leadership.

So expect to hear the following more often....

'A report coming out very soon says.... '

'A tweet by an american politician says...... '

'A government spokesperson has said.... '

'In a speech to be made later today
by the Prime Minister they will say.... '

All the woodworm in the political woodwork
can wriggle as anonymously as they want,
as long as the speaker gets their word reported
in the news before they have even said it,
such that nobody can rubbish it before it is said.

Saturday, 17 February 2018

When I see the phrase 'lessons must be learned'
in the popular press after the latest selective collapse
in slow late-period Capitalism I know what they mean;

The speaker and those they representmust be allowed to keep any money
they have trousered in the process
and their accountants not hounded
for how they let it all happen,
even when millions of citizens
will be poorer for longer periods
than the media will let itself dwell upon.

Newer firms will have to make different mistakes
and coin different evasions to mis-account
for when their own bankruptcy happens.